13. Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14. The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.
15. Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
16. Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God
17. with these words:“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful,the one who is and who was,because you have taken your great powerand begun to reign.